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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's
Mumukshuppadi

Original Sutra:
8. Bhagavan manthrankaL thAn anEkankaL.

Meaning:
The manthras that speak of the endless kalyANa guNas of the 
Lord and the avatharas that exemplify those guNas are 
limitless.

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:
Let us accept for a moment that the knowledge obtained via 
Sastras is a tiring effort and that it is better obtained 
from manthras. However, is it not true that there are 
several manthras. Why does one have to use the 
Thiruvashtakshara manthra alone? 
To answer this, Sri Pillai Lokacharya begins by pointing 
out that there are countless manthras. Then in the next 
several sutras, he will break up the manthras into two 
groups, show that we are not interested in the first 
group and that the Thirumanthra has a special and high 
status amongst the manthras in the second group.

Sriman Narayana's kalyANa guNas are endless. The avatharas 
that bring out those kalyANa guNas are also endless. 
Similarly the manthras that speak of His kalyANa guNas are 
also endless and so are the manthras that speak of His 
avatharas. As there is no limit to His guNas or His 
avatharas, so also there is no limit to the manthras that 
speak of them.

Pillai Lokacharyar Thiruvadigale Saranam
Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan
TCA Venkatesan
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